Gretchen Zimmermann

Gretchen Zimmermann

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Gretchen Zimmermann founded the Vallejo Arts & Entertainment website, joined the Vallejo Sun to cover event listings and arts and culture, and has since expanded into investigative reporting.

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  Nov 29, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — The holidays are here!

The annual Mad Hatter festival, a Winter Wonderland, and appearances by Santa bring the holiday season to Vallejo in earnest....

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  Nov 20, 2023

Women of Wrestling champions to headline Vallejo’s Mad Hatter Festival and Parade

Live bands, costumed characters, food and hot chocolate vendors, steampunk art installations and kids’ activities will fill the plaza and surrounding streets....

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  Nov 15, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Miss America competition at the Empress

Plus, the Vallejo Arts Fund will have a celebration showcasing arts grant recipients....

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  Nov 08, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Celebrate local art at Open Studios

Veterans Day ceremonies commemorate Vallejo history...

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  Nov 01, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – ‘Luisa Miller’ opera opens at Mira Theatre

Plus the Solano Land Trust and Bay Area Ridge Trail will hold a workday Saturday to improve the trail....

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  Oct 30, 2023

Vallejo’s 10th annual Dia de los Muertos festival to be held downtown Saturday

The celebration of life dates back to Aztec traditions....

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  Oct 25, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events - Three Tenors: The Next Generation

Poetry by the Bay returns to the Mira Theatre tonight....

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  Oct 23, 2023

Vallejo Halloween Happenings

New Halloween block party on Mare Island, Trunk or Treats and Rocky Horror....

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  Oct 18, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – Maker Faire resumes, youth theater

The City of Vallejo will give E-40 a key to the city on Saturday...

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  Oct 11, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – comedian Joe Kloceck at the Vallejo Museum

Competing events make for hard choices this week....

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  Oct 11, 2023

Maker Faire reinvents itself on Vallejo’s Mare Island

The ‘Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth’ is being rebooted on a smaller scale after financial difficulties forced closure in 2019....

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  Oct 06, 2023

Vallejo to celebrate environmental heroes at Visions of the Wild Festival

The festival has been revived by dedicated volunteers after skipping a year in 2022....

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